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Milady Esthetics Final Exam Questions
and Answers 2025
Why is UVB radiation also know as "burning rays"? -Correct Answer ✔UVB
wavelengths cause burning of the skin as well as cancer
What is NOT an element of the skins acid mantle? -Correct Answer ✔Blood
What causes injured skin to restore itself to its normal thickness? -Correct Answer
✔Hyperproduction of cells
What are the items in the dermis that respond to touch, pain, cold, heat and pressure? -
Correct Answer ✔Sensory nerve endings
What are most abundant in the fingertips, as opposed to other parts of the body? -
Correct Answer ✔Sensory nerve fibers
What is the average internal temperature of the body in degrees Fahrenheit? -Correct
Answer ✔98.6
Why does the body perspire? -Correct Answer ✔To protect us from overheating
What are follicles? -Correct Answer ✔Tubelike openings in the epidermis
What is not a compound in the body from which free radicals take electrons? -Correct
Answer ✔Sebum
What is Glycation? -Correct Answer ✔The binding of a protein molecule to a glucose
molecule
What are hair papillae? -Correct Answer ✔Cone shaped elevations at the base of the
follicle
Where in the body is hyaluronic acid found? -Correct Answer ✔Skin
What is hydrolipidic film? -Correct Answer ✔Oil-water balance that protects the skins
surface
What is a fiber protein found in skin, hail and nails? -Correct Answer ✔Keratin
What is the acid mantle? -Correct Answer ✔Protective layer of lipids and secretions on
the skins surface
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Where in the body are the coiled structures known as apocrine glands found? -Correct
Answer ✔Underarm and genitals
What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle? -Correct Answer
✔Goose bumps
What does the skins barrier function protect us from, in addition to irritation? -Correct
Answer ✔Intercellular water loss
What are Ceramides? -Correct Answer ✔Glycolipid materials
What is collagen? -Correct Answer ✔Fibrous tissue made from protein
What are corneocytes? -Correct Answer ✔Hardened keratinocytes
What are membranes of ridges and grooves that attach to the epidermis? -Correct
Answer ✔Dermal papillae
Where in the face does the chronic condition rosacea primarily appear? -Correct
Answer ✔Cheeks and nose
What protects the surface of the skin? -Correct Answer ✔Sebaceous glands
What are guard cells of the immune system that sense unrecognized foreign invaders,
such as bacteria? -Correct Answer ✔Langerhans immune cells
What is oil that provides protection for the epidermis from external factors and that
lubricates both the skin and hair? -Correct Answer ✔Sebum
What is the common name for the stratum corneum? -Correct Answer ✔Horny layer
What is true of the stratum corneum? -Correct Answer ✔It is the outermost layer of the
skin
What is the common name for the stratum germinativum -Correct Answer ✔Basal layer
Where in the skin is the stratum germinativum located? -Correct Answer ✔Above the
papillary layer of the dermis
What is the common name for the stratum granulosum? -Correct Answer ✔Granular
layer
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What forms the cells in the stratum granulosum that resemble granules? -Correct
Answer ✔Keratin
What is another name for the subcutaneous layer of the skin? -Correct Answer
✔Hypodermis
What part of the skin provides a protective cushion and energy storage for the body? -
Correct Answer ✔Subcutaneous layer
What is another name for subcutis tissue? -Correct Answer ✔Adipose tissue
What are the glands that excrete perspiration, regulate body temperature, and detoxify
the body? -Correct Answer ✔Sudoriferous
What cells identify molecules that have foreign peptides, and help to regulate immune
response? -Correct Answer ✔T-Cells
What causes telangiectasia? -Correct Answer ✔Capillary damage
What causes transepidermal water loss? -Correct Answer ✔Evaporation
What is a common term for UVA radiation? -Correct Answer ✔Aging rays
What is the dermis? -Correct Answer ✔Support layer below the epidermis
What function do desmosomes perform? -Correct Answer ✔Assist in holding cells
together
What are eccrine glands? -Correct Answer ✔Sweat glands
What protein fiber is found in the dermis and gives skin its flexibility and firmness? -
Correct Answer ✔Elastin
What hormone stimulates cells to reproduce and heal? -Correct Answer ✔Epidermal
growth factor (EGF)
What is true of the epidermis? -Correct Answer ✔It is the outermost layer of the skin
What performs the functions of stimulating cells, collagen, and amino acids that form
proteins? -Correct Answer ✔Fibroblasts
What term do clients commonly use when referring to follicles? -Correct Answer ✔Pores
What comprises about 50-70 percent of the skin? -Correct Answer ✔Water
Milady Esthetics
Milady Esthetics Final Exam Questions
and Answers 2025
Why is UVB radiation also know as "burning rays"? -Correct Answer ✔UVB
wavelengths cause burning of the skin as well as cancer
What is NOT an element of the skins acid mantle? -Correct Answer ✔Blood
What causes injured skin to restore itself to its normal thickness? -Correct Answer
✔Hyperproduction of cells
What are the items in the dermis that respond to touch, pain, cold, heat and pressure? -
Correct Answer ✔Sensory nerve endings
What are most abundant in the fingertips, as opposed to other parts of the body? -
Correct Answer ✔Sensory nerve fibers
What is the average internal temperature of the body in degrees Fahrenheit? -Correct
Answer ✔98.6
Why does the body perspire? -Correct Answer ✔To protect us from overheating
What are follicles? -Correct Answer ✔Tubelike openings in the epidermis
What is not a compound in the body from which free radicals take electrons? -Correct
Answer ✔Sebum
What is Glycation? -Correct Answer ✔The binding of a protein molecule to a glucose
molecule
What are hair papillae? -Correct Answer ✔Cone shaped elevations at the base of the
follicle
Where in the body is hyaluronic acid found? -Correct Answer ✔Skin
What is hydrolipidic film? -Correct Answer ✔Oil-water balance that protects the skins
surface
What is a fiber protein found in skin, hail and nails? -Correct Answer ✔Keratin
What is the acid mantle? -Correct Answer ✔Protective layer of lipids and secretions on
the skins surface
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Where in the body are the coiled structures known as apocrine glands found? -Correct
Answer ✔Underarm and genitals
What is the result of the contraction of the arrector pili muscle? -Correct Answer
✔Goose bumps
What does the skins barrier function protect us from, in addition to irritation? -Correct
Answer ✔Intercellular water loss
What are Ceramides? -Correct Answer ✔Glycolipid materials
What is collagen? -Correct Answer ✔Fibrous tissue made from protein
What are corneocytes? -Correct Answer ✔Hardened keratinocytes
What are membranes of ridges and grooves that attach to the epidermis? -Correct
Answer ✔Dermal papillae
Where in the face does the chronic condition rosacea primarily appear? -Correct
Answer ✔Cheeks and nose
What protects the surface of the skin? -Correct Answer ✔Sebaceous glands
What are guard cells of the immune system that sense unrecognized foreign invaders,
such as bacteria? -Correct Answer ✔Langerhans immune cells
What is oil that provides protection for the epidermis from external factors and that
lubricates both the skin and hair? -Correct Answer ✔Sebum
What is the common name for the stratum corneum? -Correct Answer ✔Horny layer
What is true of the stratum corneum? -Correct Answer ✔It is the outermost layer of the
skin
What is the common name for the stratum germinativum -Correct Answer ✔Basal layer
Where in the skin is the stratum germinativum located? -Correct Answer ✔Above the
papillary layer of the dermis
What is the common name for the stratum granulosum? -Correct Answer ✔Granular
layer
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What forms the cells in the stratum granulosum that resemble granules? -Correct
Answer ✔Keratin
What is another name for the subcutaneous layer of the skin? -Correct Answer
✔Hypodermis
What part of the skin provides a protective cushion and energy storage for the body? -
Correct Answer ✔Subcutaneous layer
What is another name for subcutis tissue? -Correct Answer ✔Adipose tissue
What are the glands that excrete perspiration, regulate body temperature, and detoxify
the body? -Correct Answer ✔Sudoriferous
What cells identify molecules that have foreign peptides, and help to regulate immune
response? -Correct Answer ✔T-Cells
What causes telangiectasia? -Correct Answer ✔Capillary damage
What causes transepidermal water loss? -Correct Answer ✔Evaporation
What is a common term for UVA radiation? -Correct Answer ✔Aging rays
What is the dermis? -Correct Answer ✔Support layer below the epidermis
What function do desmosomes perform? -Correct Answer ✔Assist in holding cells
together
What are eccrine glands? -Correct Answer ✔Sweat glands
What protein fiber is found in the dermis and gives skin its flexibility and firmness? -
Correct Answer ✔Elastin
What hormone stimulates cells to reproduce and heal? -Correct Answer ✔Epidermal
growth factor (EGF)
What is true of the epidermis? -Correct Answer ✔It is the outermost layer of the skin
What performs the functions of stimulating cells, collagen, and amino acids that form
proteins? -Correct Answer ✔Fibroblasts
What term do clients commonly use when referring to follicles? -Correct Answer ✔Pores
What comprises about 50-70 percent of the skin? -Correct Answer ✔Water
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